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Compounding the fundamental damage of the sex scandal, Weiner lied about it — repeatedly and proactively — for more than a week. Because there is no indication that he had physical contact with any of the women and has not campaigned in the past as a champion of sexual prudence, it is likely that it is the lie — the coverup — that has hurt him the most.

He seemed at times to relish the opportunity to dissemble in the days after conservative Andrew Breitbart first published a photograph of Weiner’s bulging gray boxer-briefs in late May. Weiner said his Facebook account had been hacked, that he was the victim of a “prank” — even though the picture was captured from a platform called yfrog and linked in a message he sent from his Twitter handle. In truth, he had inadvertently posted the message, intended for a female college student in Washington state, to a publicly accessible website.

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Breitbart, pushing for vindication, published text messages Weiner had exchanged with another woman. He said he had a photo of Weiner’s naked manhood in reserve if the New York Democrat didn’t confess to the online relationships and lying about them.

Weiner did just that on Monday.

But that didn’t end the affair.

By Tuesday, a handful of political voices called for him to resign — most prominently, Kaine and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.).

By Wednesday, the floodgates were ready to open.

Schwartz delivered the first blow from a lawmaker with ties to the Democratic leadership. It was direct: She suggested Weiner no longer has the respect of his constituents. How would the Philadelphia lawmaker know that? She grew up in nearby Flushing, N.Y.

Other House Democrats who called for Weiner to step aside: Niki Tsongas of Massachusetts, Larry Kissell of North Carolina, Michael Michaud of Maine, Joe Donnelly of Indiana and Mike Ross of Arkansas, according to various news reports. Democratic Sens. Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Mark Pryor of Arkansas also said it is time for Weiner to go. White House spokesman Jay Carney declined to comment on the matter, as did Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), a 15-year veteran of the House, told Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC that he doesn’t “see how you serve effectively after this amazingly egregious behavior.”

“Lying to the public, I think your credibility is shot and I think Anthony would be better served moving on to something else,” Blumenauer said.

Earlier Wednesday, radio shock jocks “Opie & Anthony” — Gregg Hughes and Anthony Cumia — posted a photograph of a man’s genitals taken from an image on Breitbart’s phone of a picture reportedly taken by Weiner himself. The radio duo later said they secretly took the picture and posted it online without consulting Breitbart, who had previously promised not to release the image because Weiner had copped to his actions.

Weiner’s camp didn’t deny that it was a picture of him.

“As Rep. Weiner said on Monday when he took responsibility for his actions, he has sent explicit photos. To reiterate, he has never met any of these women or had physical contact with them,” Weiner spokeswoman Risa B. Heller said. “As he said, he deeply regrets the pain he has caused. With the full support of his wife, he is working on righting these wrongs with his family and his colleagues.”

House Democratic leaders have urged the Ethics Committee to initiate an investigation into whether Weiner broke any House rules — one of which is to behave in a manner that reflects well on the institution.

Jake Sherman, David Catanese and Carrie Budoff Brown contributed to this report.

Correction: Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s title was incorrect in the original version of this story.

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Yep Weiner is toast. When someone so out of touch with reality as to claim the GOP wants to take us back to Jim Crow days can understand that Weiner is bad for her party, the fat lady has not only sung, she burst her lungs.

Geeze, the guy was married less than a year ago and he's already out trolling the Internet like some sleezebag. If he's stupid enough to accidently post a picture of himself on a public board, he is too stupid to hold the people's trust. It's time for him to go. He's been in office too long anyway.

Now he'll lose his job, then he will lose his family, and then he will descend into obscurity.

I mean what would a Democratic house member have to do for you to publicly call for his resignation-- eat a baby?

Wiener is the lowest of the low. And not just for the nature of his personal failings and the fact that he is an abominable hypocrite (Just to name ONE of COUNTLESS examples: I got a good laugh reading about his take on Jewish women not liking to give head. Wait...isn't that an anti-semitic reinforcement of a Jewish stereoptype, Mr. Weiner?), and the world's worst newlywed husband, but because he continues to selfishly and shamelessly harm the country by making his party drag him kicking and screaming out of the office.

Congressman have access to top secret national security info, we simply can't have congressmen in office who can be easily blackmailed for their indiscretions. Democrat or Republican, it's far too dangerous for our national security.

That said, I truly believe the worst part of this whole story is the MSM's intentional disregard for the facts and allegiance with Weiner based on their shared ideological beliefs. Instead of investigating, the NY Times (and others!) run stories on cyber-hacking in order to help deflect the populace from what is really going on. (Sadly, one of the most blatant examples of "Agenda Setting Theory" of the media I've seen in recent times.) Our democracy is truly in jeopardy when the media does not hold our representatives-- of BOTH parties-- accountable for their actions.

Wiener is the lowest of the low. And not just for the nature of his personal failings and the fact that he is an abominable hypocrite, and the world's worst newlywed husband, but because he continues to selfishly and shamelessly harm the country by making his party drag him kicking and screaming out of the office.

No, he's just a stupid middle aged man who got himself in trouble. He's not the world's worst anything.

If he hadn't doubled-down by lying about it on the record, I'd say let him stay.

The woman who carried on a nine-month sexting relationship with Rep. Anthony Weiner is a 40-year-old Las Vegas blackjack dealer named Lisa Weiss.

What’s more, the blonde woman has revealed details that show the liberal congressman lied during his tear-jerking confession Monday at a press conference in New York and that he DID use government resources for his extra-marital activities.

Rep. Weiner said he was “deeply ashamed” and repeated 21 times that he accepted responsibility for his actions.

But he also denied he used government resources during his online sexcapades.

Not so, according to Weiss.

Speaking exclusively to RadarOnline.com, Weiss said she shared 220 messages with Rep. Weiner beginning on August 13, last year — and they were often exchanged during work hours.

In an explicit exchange on March 3 -- the same day he voted on a health care bill in the U.S. House of Representatives -- Weiner bemoaned that he had to end their conversation because he was “off to class.”

The casino worker, who said she once worked as a Democratic campaign worker, also claimed she had steamy phone sex with Rep. Weiner -- using a Government telephone.

Said Weiss: "After a while I said to Anthony, 'Why are writing these messages when we can just speak?'

"I gave him my number and he called me from his office and we proceeded to talk dirty for at least 30 minutes.

"A few days later, I tried to call him back on that number.

"But the number wouldn't connect to his office; instead there was a recorded message that it was an outgoing U.S. Congress line only."

Weiss gave her number to him via Facebook and when Rep. Weiner realized he had missed her call, he sent her a message.

He wrote, “How did I miss this chance to rock your world by phone? Give me another chance! Stalk me baby. Very hot.”

A stunning portrait of the pair’s long-time pen pal affair has emerged through a salacious transcript of their sexting – with more than 200 messages!

At their height, the pair traded 69 rude messages in one sitting.

Weiner used a Facebook account that he later abandoned and among other perverted things, said:

* He was a “caped crusader” who was "looking for my sidekick."

* Claimed he was “dying of boredom over here. Plus my tights really itch, I need a distraction."

* Entertained the idea of meeting her in Las Vegas. Weiss asked, "Don’t you ever get to Vegas? I just need to have u for one night." He responded, "I have too."

* Asked his online mistress to send him photos of her ****** and admitted “jerking off” to her photos on Facebook.

* Confessed to two timing her on Facebook, with another woman. “I’m guilty of that,” he admitted.

The pair’s relationship began on August 13, 2010, when Weiss sent Rep. Weiner a message to his Facebook account.

Earlier RadarOnline.com revealed how Rep. Weiner told the woman he had a "ridiculous bulge" in his shorts and asked if she "wanna see" it.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. -Winston Churchill-

The woman who carried on a nine-month sexting relationship with Rep. Anthony Weiner is a 40-year-old Las Vegas blackjack dealer named Lisa Weiss.

What’s more, the blonde woman has revealed details that show the liberal congressman lied during his tear-jerking confession Monday at a press conference in New York and that he DID use government resources for his extra-marital activities.

Rep. Weiner said he was “deeply ashamed” and repeated 21 times that he accepted responsibility for his actions.

But he also denied he used government resources during his online sexcapades.

Not so, according to Weiss.

Speaking exclusively to RadarOnline.com, Weiss said she shared 220 messages with Rep. Weiner beginning on August 13, last year — and they were often exchanged during work hours.

In an explicit exchange on March 3 -- the same day he voted on a health care bill in the U.S. House of Representatives -- Weiner bemoaned that he had to end their conversation because he was “off to class.”

The casino worker, who said she once worked as a Democratic campaign worker, also claimed she had steamy phone sex with Rep. Weiner -- using a Government telephone.

Said Weiss: "After a while I said to Anthony, 'Why are writing these messages when we can just speak?'

"I gave him my number and he called me from his office and we proceeded to talk dirty for at least 30 minutes.

"A few days later, I tried to call him back on that number.

"But the number wouldn't connect to his office; instead there was a recorded message that it was an outgoing U.S. Congress line only."

Weiss gave her number to him via Facebook and when Rep. Weiner realized he had missed her call, he sent her a message.

He wrote, “How did I miss this chance to rock your world by phone? Give me another chance! Stalk me baby. Very hot.”

A stunning portrait of the pair’s long-time pen pal affair has emerged through a salacious transcript of their sexting – with more than 200 messages!

At their height, the pair traded 69 rude messages in one sitting.

Weiner used a Facebook account that he later abandoned and among other perverted things, said:

* He was a “caped crusader” who was "looking for my sidekick."

* Claimed he was “dying of boredom over here. Plus my tights really itch, I need a distraction."

* Entertained the idea of meeting her in Las Vegas. Weiss asked, "Don’t you ever get to Vegas? I just need to have u for one night." He responded, "I have too."

* Asked his online mistress to send him photos of her ****** and admitted “jerking off” to her photos on Facebook.

* Confessed to two timing her on Facebook, with another woman. “I’m guilty of that,” he admitted.

The pair’s relationship began on August 13, 2010, when Weiss sent Rep. Weiner a message to his Facebook account.

Earlier RadarOnline.com revealed how Rep. Weiner told the woman he had a "ridiculous bulge" in his shorts and asked if she "wanna see" it.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. -Winston Churchill-

So closing ranks around such an obvious scumbag is good party strategy?!

Don't get me wrong I hope he fights tooth and nail, so more people can finally wake up from the daze they are in and see just how corrupt the democrats really are.

In terms of corruption, there is no difference between the two parties. And no one is closing ranks around Weiner either, prominent Dems are calling for his resignation. You are living in a delusion and can only see the world through a narrow point of view. .

He is right about latent racism among conservatives and the tea party.

The new darling of the tea party is Herman Cain, who is black. ALL black, unlike the half-black POTUS.

Somehow, despite all this alleged "latent racism," the Tea Party favorites include Herman Cain, who is black; and Allen West, who is also black (and a hate figure to you liberals).

For decades, liberals made supporting liberal social programs a litmus test for us whites to prove to their satisfaction that we're not racists. In the eyes of liberals, white Americans are all guilty until proven innocent.

We're not playing that game anymore.

I don't give a damn what you think of me, and I have no intention of supporting liberal programs out of some sense of neurotic guilt.

Weiner is a protege' of Bill Clinton, while Abedin is a top aide to Hillary. Bill Clinton officiated at the Weiner nuptuals in july of 2010. The only question now unanswered is whether or not the Weiners will be able to perservere and gain fame and fortune as their mentors, the Clintons, have done.

He needs to just get the hell out of DC and off the governments payroll. He's admitted most of his misdeeds - enough that there is really no need for an ethics investigation. We all know how effective those have been for rangel and waters.